Introduction to Hardware Restrictions: Can You Trust Your Phone?
Introduction to Hardware Restrictions: Can You Trust Your Phone?
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Android has at least one major advantage over Apple. It lets you use alternate app stores and sideways loading.
you can replace the whole OS if you wanted to. iPhones will always be golden jails.
You can replace the whole OS if you wanted to and your device has an unlocked bootloader and a third party has developed another OS to support your device. ** (The android ecosystem is far more open, but let's not pretend they're what they're not, shall we?).
well of course you have to take into account those factors when buying a phone. In Android phones it's still a possibility, unlike with iPhones where your phone will be more Apple's property than yours.
And you think the common person will be able to sort through the pile of tech debt? That's before even considering how deeply embedded and difficult to replace the core Google Play APIs are. The years of Android being the golden bastion of free open source software are long, long, long behind us. Not to mention there's no reason for you to bring up Apple again when most Android phones are effectively the same locked bricks with little to be done about it and worse software support. (almost all Android phones are boot locked carrier modles in the US because the US market by-far goes through carrier financing for phone purchases). I'm all for FOSS and return of ownership to the consumer, but don't get stuck on Apple hate because you just wanna shill for your side.
I'm not shilling for Android. I hate Android and I hate Google. Yet, I have to use Android because the alternative is way worse.
I made the comparison with Apple because that was what the original comment said. Of course I hate Apple, just as I hate Google. I wouldn't even touch an Android phone if it weren't because they can be completely degoogled. iPhones can't be deappled.
And yes, it requires technical knowledge and carriers' devices are locked down. But as I said, it's a possibility. Not for the common person, of course, but those who need or want it, will find that option.